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Farm Bureau Launches Membership Drive

$99 Special Pays Dues through Dec. 31, 2011
Throughout the month of March, the New York Farm Bureau will be running a membership special for only $99. Sign-up today and membership will not expire until the end of 2011.
What is New York State Farm Bureau?
Ever since the first Farm Bureau was formed in Broome County in [...]

Five New Winter Farmers Markets Opening

Cornell Cooperative Extension News
By Steve Miller
Winter farmers’ markets are a great way to eat fresh and stay connected to local producers. In this part of the country, it would seem that there couldn’t be very much that is locally produced when there is 10 inches of snow on the ground, but there is.
You will find [...]

Madison FFA was ROCKIN’ at the District Competition!

Caption From left are James Dixon, Megan Rockhill, Adam Caswell, FFA Advisor Julia Hudyncia, Morgan Lewis, Ashley Strain
Pictured from left in back row: Nicki Tubbs, Jasmine Wratten, Taylor Best, Rachel Rockhill. Shelby Coon is pictured in front.
By Zachary Taylor
(Madison, NY) Madison FFA members were in full force at this year’s District Career Development Events Competition [...]

Vendor Spots Available for Farm Events

(Canastota, NY) Divine Nature Wildlife Rehabilitation will hold the following two events sponsored by and held at BMR Acres at 2542 Pine Ridge Road in Canastota.
On Saturday May 22 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. there will be an Alpaca Shearing Festival.
On Saturday July 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. the Madison County Open Farm [...]

Sprayer, Planter Calibration Clinics Offered

(Cazenovia) Cornell Cooperative of Madison County will offer two clinics to farmers in the area on Tuesday March 30 at Empire Tractor, Rt. 20E in Cazenovia.
The Schedule is as follows:
Session One will be offered from 10-12:30.
10-10:15 Register for Meeting At 10:15 the roster will be removed and the program will commence.
10:15-11:00 PowerPoint and lecture on selection and [...]

Local Farm Partners with Price Chopper

Drover Hill Beef to be Carried on DeWitt Shelves
(DeWitt – Feb. 27, 2010) Drover Hill Farm of Earlville announced that Price Chopper on Erie Boulevard in Syracuse features its locally raised beef in its fresh meat case.
Owners William and Stephanie Lipsey said they plan to develop a special display for the store to help market [...]

Pig City Garden Calendar: Gardening that Amounts to a Row of Beans

By Dan Marvin
As we all plan toward what we want to plant, where we want to plant it and how much we want to plant to satisfy our needs and possibly extra to take to CazCares, we should consider putting together a list of those things we need to get the garden off to a [...]

Madison County Agriculture’s Weekly E-Newsletter

March 4, 2010

Newsletter Includes:

Upcoming Events

Central New York Biomass Crop Study Results to be Presented at Local Public Meetings – March 10th
Hoof to Rail Program
Grow Your Dream: Online Courses To Help You Plan for Success
Divine Nature [...]

Committee Debates Fair Funding

Supervisor Opinions Clash on Amount, Use of Money
By Martha E. Conway
(Wampsville – Feb. 23, 2010) Madison County Fair Board member and Fair Co-Director Mary Lou Thall pleaded the Fair’s case for county funding at the regular meeting of the Madison County Board of Directors Planning Committee last week.
Thall, accompanied by Supervisor John Salka (R,C,I – [...]

Things From Here News

March 13 Next Market
(Poolville, NY) The next Second Saturday Farmer’s Market (featuring, at this point, a maple cake with local flours, fresh syrup from the valley and local eggs from happy hens – a real food from our very own farmers) will be held March 13 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Poolville Community Center. It’s [...]

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